First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its variant account products – KidsFirst and MeFirst – created to encourage the right savings culture among children from 0 – 17 years. The offerings have relevant enhancements including appropriate parental guidance and financial discipline […]
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FIRSTBANK HOSTS SME WEBINAR, ENLIGHTENS ENTREPRENEURS ON WAYS TO REBUILD THEIR BUSINESS
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, will host an SME webinar themed “Rebuilding your Business” by 10am on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 via Zoom meetings. The event is organised in collaboration with FBN Insurance Brokers and FBN Quest with its discussants including: Tunde […]
NNPC BOOSTS POWER GENERATION BY 2,538MW IN AUGUST
…Posts $139.50Million Crude Oil & Gas Export Sales The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that it supplied 727 Million Standard Cubic Feet per day (mmscfd) of natural gas for power generation to the country in the month of August, 2020, an equivalent of 2,538MW of power. This represents […]
NNPC TO RESUME OIL EXPLORATION IN LAKE CHAD BASIN, SAYS SYLVA
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Silva, says the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will soon resume oil exploration and drilling in the Lake Chad Basin. Silva disclosed this while speaking to newsmen after an operational meeting on Chad Basin with the Chief of Army Staff and top […]
World Bank, IMF Postpone Annual Meetings In Morocco Till 2022
The World Bank Group and IMF Annual Meetings scheduled to have taken place in Marrakesh, Morocco in October is postponed by 12 months until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement was made on Thursday in Washington D.C. by the Kingdom of Morocco, the World Bank Group and the […]
Chevron Nigeria Gets New Chairman/MD, Rick Kennedy
Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), operator of the joint venture between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and CNL (the NNPC/CNL JV), has announced the appointment of Mr. Richard (Rick) Kennedy to the position of Chairman and Managing Director. His appointment becomes effective November 1, 2020. According to a statement by […]
BANDITS REPENTED IN KATSINA, SURRENDER 10 AK 47 RIFLES
On 4/11/2020 at about 10:00hrs, due to persistent pressure and actionable intelligence, two separate Gang leaders of notorious syndicates of bandits terrorizing Katsina state. One Sale Turwa, ‘M’, aged 30yrs and Muhammadu Sani Maidaji, ‘M’, aged 33yrs both of Illella village, Safana LGA of Katsina state have surrendered and repented […]
OWOLEWA BECOMES FIRST NIGERIAN-AMERICAN ELECTED TO US CONGRESSMAN
Nigerian-American, Oye Owolewa, has been elected as a shadow member of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. According to election results on the website of the District of Columbia Board of Elections on Wednesday morning, Owolewa polled 81.59% of the votes, which represents 164,026 votes […]
GROUP DRUMS SUPPORT FOR ZONE-13, SEEKS COLLABORATION FOR EFFECTIVE SECURITY
GROUP DRUMS SUPPORT FOR ZONE-13, SEEKS COLLABORATION FOR EFFECTIVE SECURITY Members of the Great Anambra Youths Renaissance Initiative (GAYRI) group recently paid a courtesy visit to the Assistant Inspector General of the Nigeria Police, Zone-13 in Ukpo, Anambra State, AIG Danmallam Mohammed, fdc, psc, seeking collaboration with the zone and […]
Osun PDP Leadership; No Cause For Alarm – Sunday Bisi
By Sunday Oguntuyi, Osogbo The chairman of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Osun state Hon Sunday Bisi has admonished the party members in the state to remain calm and shun unnecessary distraction being orchestrated by some dissidents in the party. The chairman in a release issued and personally signed copies of […]
